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Selections for Kilbeggan – Sept. 4th 2026
4.07: HOW’S ELLIE (DAN KING/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.42: FREE FLOW – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/EDDIE POWER) 5.15: SPEED FOR FUN (ANNA MCGUINNESS (4*)/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.45: PRIDE OF PLACE – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (3)/ENDA BOLGER) 6.15: MANOIR DE MIRANDE – EW – (JOSH HALFORD (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.45: PINOT GRIS (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 7.15: MY…
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Selections for Down Royal – Sept. 4th 2026
3.53: MONOLOGUE – EW – (JACK KEARNEY (3)/STEPHEN THORNE) 4.25: OTSANA (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 4.58: ESSENCE OF TIME – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/ANDY OLIVER) 5.30: ROMANCE (ANDY SLATTERY/JOSH HALLEY) 6.00: SIGN FROM ABOVE – EW – (BEN COEN/PETER FAHEY) 6.30: SINBAD MY DAD – EW – (JOEY HARNETT (2*)/SEAMUS FAHEY) 7.00: NO MORE HIDING –…
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It’s a nice surprise to be right!
DULEEK/BELLEWSTOWN… 0-13 OLDCASTLE..,0-07 Can one man make that big of a difference to a team? It would appear that can be answered in the affirmative after the return of the mercurially talented Eamonn Armstrong gave the Louth border club the required extra inches to negotiate their way past Oldcastle and into the knockout stages of…
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Selections for Kilbeggan – Sept. 3rd 2026
3.30: POWER OF KNOWLEDGE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.05: COMBS (DANNY GILLIGAN/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.40: SPLENDID FELLOW (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.15: STEPS IN THE SAND – EW – (EOIN WALSH/CIARAN MURPHY) 5.48: NOT IN A HURRY (SIMON TORRENS/AIDAN HOWARD) 6.18: BLUE REED – EW –
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Glory to the hill with Aussie generosity?
Bellewstown racecourse is one of my favourite places to write about. And visit. Though it has been far too long since the latter happened. In the company of the late, great and desperately missed Paul B. Garvey. The Hill Of Crocafotha is actually a writer’s dream. The history, the stories and the views which wouldn’t…
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Selections for Navan – Sept. 2nd 2026
4.07: BIT OF A BUZZ (GARY CARROLL/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.38: AMERILLIS – EW – (BILLY LEE/GILLIAN SCOTT) 5.08: DAY TRADER – EW – (FINNY MAGUIRE/TONY MARTIN) 5.40: ELUSIVE PATH (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 6.10: DUCHESS ANNE – EW – (GARY CARROLL/DENISE FOSTER) 6.40: THOMPSON GUNNER (COLIN KEANE/CIAN HUGHES)
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Podcast Episode: Sept. 1st 2026 – Irish Sport And Circus Life
Pip: If you ever wondered what the off-season in Gaelic games actually looks like, the answer is: exactly like the season, but with more resignations and fewer referees. Mara: Brendan has been watching closely, and this episode covers two distinct territories — the friction building inside county setups and the broader circus of management moves…
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Selections for Gowran – Sept. 1st 2026
2.00: ZENITH BLAZE (COLIN KEANE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.30: DRUMBEAT (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.00: HASITA – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 3.30: VENETIAN STAR – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/PAT FOLEY) 4.00: MINAUN VIEW – EW – (PADDY MCGETTIGAN (5)/ADO MCGUINNESS) 4.30: SELECTIVE POWER (JACK KEARNEY/TOMMY COYLE) 5.00: GOOFY GANDER – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 5.32: JOE…
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Champions League Group Stage Draw 2026/’27
In the maelstrom of manic activity that punctuates the beginning of every soccer season, there’s always bound to be something which slips under the radar. Though the following might surprise some and leave others truly aghast, the draw for the group stages of the Champions League is one such item which usually falls into that…
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Selections for Roscommon – Aug. 31st 2026
4.50: JOGA BONITO (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.25: BULLET BOURBON – EW – (ROBERT WHEARTY/TOM MCCOURT) 5.55: MERISI DIAMOND – EW – (BILLY LEE/TOMMY COYLE) 6 25: HAZDAAN (CHRIS HAYES/ 6.55; ALMAZAAN (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.25: FARO ISLAND – EW – (GARY CARROLL/ANDY OLIVER) 7.55: CANON LAW (RORY CLEARY/BRENDAN DUKE)
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